Paint and varnish remover.



UN T D HANNA AN WALTERS.

c .Too'li whom it concern:

1 Be it known that we, WALTER HANNA and losers 1(1). Bnfnnfr, citizensof the United' States, residing at 5 have-invented a certain'new anduseful Improvement a I in Paintand Varnish Removers, of which the'followin1 a specification. r

y 1 e object of this invention is to provide an improved paintandvarnish remover of economical and efiect'ive form fi iif? v u l 1- f Theremover, according to our invention and as we i 1 i Y manufacture it, ismade by mixing the following materials the following recited quantitiesby weight, toe wit: fatin the form of lard or la llo v five poundsnitric ac id, two pounds; osin. twelve and one-half pounds; 7pengghthree hundie and fifty pounds alcghgl, three 1 hundred and fiftypounds; oil oigggirpgella, two and onehalf pounds. We prepare or esematerials, in the proportions stated, in the following manner, to-

wit: The benzol and lard or tallow are mixed together i and heated in akettle to the boiling point and for the r purpose of dissolving the lardor tallow. We then remove g the kettle from the fire and add to themixture therein the alcohol, and after this the acid, and finally the arosin oil and oil of citronella. The dissolving of the fat is promotedby stirring, and we also stir the contents of i the kettle when addingthe other ingredients.

l The function of the fat and rosin oil in our compound is Y evaporationof the benaol and alcohol when the compound is applied'foi the purposeof softenthe paint or varnish to be removed. The rosin oil 1 also givesvolume, imparts an attractive color and renders the mixture more freelyfluent. j v i I The function of the nitric acid is to attack and cu 3 sthe varnish 5r psintto bermovedfiind the function oi the benz olhln'dalcohol is to :soften the paint o and makeit easy of removtl It maybesthatihereare "some other or Idifferentfunctions performed by these DJosEPH l). BRYANT, OF COLUMBUS, oHIoI I Pam vsnmsn nnrlrovnn.

Specification of Letters liatent.

I Application filed April 6.1907- Columbus, in the county of Franklinand State of Ohio, i

. ingredients those stated "we believe to be the im- 0 P 9 2 s- L y b hathere Masq e PatentedhioviQiiJCW.

serial Non V taf chemical reactions but we are not advised as to these.

Our practice has taught us that the compound as we prepare it iseffective for the purpose stated. f

Rosin oil is the second distillate of the sap of the pine A i k treeafter the spirits of turpentine have been distilled off. Therosin oilmay be omitted. The oilof citron ella mayialsobe omitted, as this ismerely added for the the place ofthe oil specified for this purposely h,

We do not wish to be understood as confining ourpurpose of imparting apleasant odor to the remover. Any other suitable perfuming materialcanbe used in selves to precisely the respective or relative quantitiesof the materials specified, nor to the recited order and manner ofmixing them, although our experiments have demonstrated that the bestresults are obtained by 'the compound manufactured as particularly setforth. 5 i 1" i The remover should be applied with a brush to the paintor varnish desired to be removed, and after a few moments it may be'wiped off with a cloth, taking with it the softened varnish or paint,as the case maybe. i

What we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent isi I 1. A compoundfor the purpose specified prepared 01 tat, nitric acid, rosin oil,benzol, and alcohol. i

'2. A compound for the purpose specified prepared of fat, nitric acid,rosin oil, benzo], alcohol anda pertuming material.

. ALTER Him. Josep D. Barnum.

3. A compound for the purpose specified prepared of fat,

